Year after year, owners of professional sports teams and developers of proposed skyscrapers have pleaded with California lawmakers to grant relief for their projects from the state’s environmental regulations. They’ve found a largely receptive audience. View Original Article Source: California Water News feed… Read More

The dam is getting fixed. Construction on Isabella Lake Dam, which has lingered in the study, planning and environmental process for more than a decade, will begin this winter. View Original Article Source: California Water News feed… Read More

Does a river — or a plant, or a forest — have rights? This is the essential question in what attorneys are calling a first-of-its-kind federal lawsuit, in which a Denver lawyer and a far-left environmental group are asking a judge to recognize the Colorado River as a person. View Original Article Source: California Water… Read More

Writing in 1916, conservationist John Muir noted that “there is not a ‘fragment’ in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.” A century later, in the Pacific Northwest, land managers, tribal leaders, environmental stewards, lawmakers and business interests are locked in a fight over which harmonious units and… Read More

Newly uncovered documents — including two $13,000 checks — show that an Imperial Irrigation District consultant has continued to work for solar developers in Imperial County, despite promising it would stop to avoid potential conflicts of interest. View Original Article Source: California Water News feed… Read More

An agreement amending the longstanding treaty between the U.S. and Mexico on management of the Colorado River will continue the practice of water shortage sharing, but also fund new conservation and environmental programs, and aim to reduce the risk of ruinous drought. View Original Article Source: California Water News feed… Read More

On Tuesday, scientists are announcing an ambitious plan to decode the full genetic sequences of California’s two most iconic trees — the coast redwood and giant sequoia — to better understand and protect California’s grandest forests. View Original Article Source: California Water News feed… Read More